Estimation of effects of community intervention with antibiotics, facial cleanliness, and environmental improvement (A,F,E) in five districts of ethiopia hyperendemic for trachoma

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 278-281

  Ngondi, Jeremiah ^a,b   Gebre, Teshome ^b   Shargie, Estifanos B ^b   Adamu, Liknaw ^c   Teferi, Tesfaye ^b   Zerihun, Mulat ^b   Ayele, Berhan ^b   King, Jonathan D ^b   Cromwell, Elizabeth A ^b   Emerson, Paul M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^c FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEANING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ETHIOPIA; FACE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TRACHOMA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SANITATION; TRACHOMA;

EID: 77949521943     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.168260     Document Type: Article

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